Jiangsu Aikon Biomedical R&D Co., Ltd. specializes in the research, development, import, and export of pharmaceutical intermediates, molecular building blocks, and laboratory reagents. The company also engages in supporting businesses such as analytical equipment, laboratory consumables, third-party testing, international chemical logistics, and pharmaceutical industry software systems in related fields. Under its umbrella, the company currently operates Nanjing Aikon Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Aikon Pharmaceutical Information Consulting Co., Ltd., Nanjing Aikon Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd., the Shiyangu Reagent Platform, and the Yilan Network Platform, providing comprehensive services to a wide range of clients, including R&D, import and export procurement, market development, and quality auditing. As of December 2020, the company has collaborated with over 20,000 global clients and more than 8,000 domestic suppliers. Currently, the company is actively expanding and developing its overseas supply chain, aiming to offer more comprehensive product services to global new drug R&D enterprises.

Functional groups are atoms or groups of atoms that determine the chemical properties of organic compounds. Common functional groups include alkenes, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, etc. Organic chemical reactions primarily occur at functional groups, which play a decisive role in the properties of organic compounds. Functional groups such as -X, -OH, -CHO, -COOH, -NO2, -SO3H, -NH2, and RCO- determine the chemical properties of halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols or phenols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, nitro compounds or nitrites, sulfonic acid organic compounds, amines, and amides in organic chemistry.